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蜡
蜡
See also: 蠟
Translingual
| Traditional | 蠟 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 蝋 |
| Simplified | 蜡 |
Han character
蜡 (radical 142 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿日 (LITA), four-corner 54161)
- wax
- candle
- waxy, glazed
- maggot
- as a non-simplified form sometimes used as an equivalent to U+410D (䄍), meaning imperial harvest
References
- KangXi: page 1086, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33150
- Dae Jaweon: page 1553, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2859, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8721
Chinese
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蜡 – see 蠟. (This character, 蜡, is the simplified form of 蠟.) |
Notes:
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Etymology 2
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simp. and trad. |
蜡 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ
- Wade-Giles: cha4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jah
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂa̠⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
- Wade-Giles: ch'a4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: caa3, caai3, zaa3
- Yale: cha, chaai, ja
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa3, tsaai3, dzaa3
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑː³³/, /t͡sʰɑːi̯³³/, /t͡sɑː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 蜡 | 蜡 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 七慮切 | 鋤駕切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡sʰɨʌH/ | /d͡ʒˠaH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡sʰiɔH/ | /ɖ͡ʐᵚaH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sʰiɔH/ | /d͡ʒaH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡sʰɨə̆H/ | /ɖ͡ʐaɨH/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡sʰiɔH/ | /d͡ʒaH/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡sʰĭoH/ | /d͡ʒaH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡sʰi̯woH/ | /ɖ͡ʐʱaH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qù | zhà |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 蜡 | 蜡 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 13273 | 13279 |
| Phonetic component |
昔 | 昔 |
| Rime group |
暮 | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
乍 | 覰 |
| Old Chinese |
/*zraːɡs/ | /*sʰaːɡs/ |
Definitions
蜡
- A Zhou Dynasty-era type of sacrificial rite.
Compounds
- 𧈢蜡
References
Japanese
Kanji
蜡
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
蜡 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa, Yale sa)
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